Clara Lemlich Drafts Women's City Committee Plan for the Welfare of the Jewish People, February 1941 (correspondence)
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- Title (English):
- Clara Lemlich Drafts Women's City Committee Plan for the Welfare of the Jewish People, February 1941 (correspondence)
- Title (Yiddish Romanized):
- Tsvey-vekhntlekher briv fun froyen shtot komitet, dem 21tn Februar, 1941
- Title (Yiddish):
- צוויי־וועכנטלעכער בריוו פון פרויען סטאט קאָמיטעט, דעם 21טן פעברואר, 1941
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Culture Front
Women's Work - Creator:
- Shavelson (Lemlich), Clara, 1886-1982
- Creator:
- שייוועלסאָן, קלארא
- Recipient:
- To All the Women's Clubs
- Organization:
- International Workers Order, Jewish Women's Section of the New York State and City Committee
- Date:
- 1941-02-21
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b67f11_56
- File Name:
- 5276b67f11_56.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Transcription:
- [2/21/41]
- Work Type:
- printed ephemera
circular letters
publishing
feminism
communism
organization files
historical figures
educating
political ideologies and attitudes - Subject:
- Women [Women's clubs, organizing]
Education- Worker's University, Women's Classes
Pedagogy
Culture Front- Publishing
Jewish Left
Soviet Union
Organizational History of IWO/JPFO
Communism
Political
Americanization
Jewish Lodges
Membership - Description:
- 2 pages. Headings: "Plan for the well-being of the people"; Women's conference; Member cards; Model members; Women's month; [Radio] Broadcast; School conference; Tag-days [?] to collect money at the Shuln (Schools); Women's Bulletin; Women's Delegation to Washington (protesting against the Lend-Lease bill); Women's class (in English). The collection also includes a draft version of this letter in Clara Lemlich Shavelson's handwriting.
- Notes:
- Documents organizational antecedents to the Emma Lazarus Division, founded in 1944 by the Women's Division of the Jewish People's Fraternal Order of the International Workers Order (IWO). The Division eventually became the Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs (ELF)
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- 21073049
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 67
- Folder:
- 11
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu